Loosing the will to sell a car.

[Cavcraft]

There's a car trader (Facebook) mate of mine I've done 3 or great deals with, can't fault the bloke. A week or so ago I log on to one of the 'cars for sale' pages and there's an almighty shit storm brewing about him.

Opening gambit (genuinely) included complaints about missing suspension bushes, bent MOTs, dangerous condition, my kids were in that car all the time, I'm telling Trading Standards and the police, blah, blah blah. He also said the car was so dangerous it was scrapped.

Have a guess when this dickhead bought it:

 

 

13 months ago! Yes, 13 months ago! I asked the moaner for the reg number and discovered that within that time he'd recently had it MOT'd himself, taxed it and sold it to someone. I then asked if he was going to shop himself to Trading Standards, as he'd had it tested and sold it on with those (alleged) faults. He sort of disappeared then and rightly got kicked off the page. 

It just shows what some people are like. Un-bloody-believable.

[UltraWomble]

A car is NOT a right (neither for that matter is a flat screen TV) its a luxury item.

 

The only time a car is a right is if you are disabled and have no other means of transport. That does not mean if you are a slipper wearing mouth breathing chav who has managed to con the PIP people into giving you higher rate you should automatically get a car.

 

Grandfather Womble lost both legs due to shit circulation. Got fitted with wooden legs and either got a bus or got a taxi. Was quite happy with this situation, though occasionally he used to take one of his legs off and pop it on the seat besides him to make a point if someone was being a twunt about seating on the bus. Fine until he jumped up for his stop and forgot he wasnt wearing it

 

My wife worries about our income as it fluctuates and hers is not secure. I keep telling her the first thing to go will be car number 2 in the great economies of scale. "But how will we cope?"

Simple  tell her - there is a bus stop just 200yds from our front door with buses every 20 mins. Wear your hair in bunches and a school blazer and tell teh driver you are 15....

 

I flogged an MOT'd car once for just under £200. The lass was learning to drive, the car was frilly and needed tickling with the welding stick before its next test and probably some other bits. Was up for £250, she offered a very cheeky £195 in cash and TBH I accepted because I just wanted shut of it. She was happy, she knew it needed some £££ throwing at it for the test and just wanted something to smoke about in for 12 months or so. Last time I checked it had gone off the road but did another 2 years after me so I guess someone got their moneys worth out of it. I did however have umpteen bloody ********** saying "Ive checked the MOT history and it failed on welding 6 years ago, with that in mind would you take £75...." and the such like. Sheesh. Its a running, MOT'd car for £200 quid. Get over it.

[Jim Bell]

I would but this audi and complain at great length about non-existent faults if only it was nearer and I had the money and it was a different time of year.

Love the colour.

[RayMK]

Thanks to Autoshite I've had an excellent Christmas.  This thread (round 1) had me laughing to the point of tears despite the anticlimax.  On Christmas Eve I casually clicked on Mr Bo11ox's award winning link and could not stop reading until 5am Christmas morning, leaving the last few pages for a nice round-off later in the day. Full marks for advice, humour and irrational dedication to lost causes. At least there are some normal people left in the world  .

[sierraman]

Why on a cheap car does cash seem to suggest a reduction in price? I wouldn't accept anything else! Who is going to pay by cheque?!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Why on a cheap car does cash seem to suggest a reduction in price? I wouldn't accept anything else! Who is going to pay by cheque?!

 

Because stupidity.

[Junkman]

Who is going to pay by cheque?!

 

I think my grandfather still used them. He is long dead.

[Pillock]

 

 

. At least there are some normal people left in the world .

Probably, but they're not on here so we're safe for now.

[Lacquer Peel]

I think my grandfather still used them. He is long dead.

 

Two people I've worked for in recent years still paid by cheque. Infuriating.

[Pillock]

I've still got the first cheque book they ever sent me - I assume I was 16 or something.

20 years later, I've used one cheque when I needed to pay council tax but knew I wasn't getting paid for a few days. I even folded it in the hope that the urban legend is true and it takes twice as long to process or something.

[Jim Bell]

I even folded it in the hope that the urban legend is true and it takes twice as long to process or something.

 

Works with credit cards too.

[UltraWomble]

I even folded it in the hope that the urban legend is true and it takes twice as long to process or something.

I used to run a strong magnet over the numbers because someone told me they were in magnetic ink so if they were scrambled would take longer to process

[BavarianRetro]

I had a chap agreed to drive here from the North West - about 170 miles - for a reconditioned set of E30 BBS wheels we had. We agreed the price after seeing photos and all was well. We agreed to take his wheels in px and swap his tyres on to the new wheels.

 

When I collected the wheels from the refurb guy, they had decent tyres on them. I said to our lad who was going to be dealing with him that if the chap's tyres weren't too bad, he could take the ones already fitted as it is easier, but if they were new Contact Sports or something and he wanted to stick to the swap them over arrangement, that was fine. I told him to leave it up to the customer.

 

He took the ones already fitted and we took his. He got the better deal.

 

Three weeks later, the customer emailed me to say that one of the tyres/wheels had a slow puncture and was going down over 3 or 4 days and what did I propose to do about it?

 

The second word of the answer was "all".

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Three months ago I sold a secondhand rad on t'bay. Of course he only fitted it last week and it leaks. Looks like I'g going to get fucked over all round .

[nisfan]

I got a train up to thurso to buy an e30 325i, it was agreed that i would pay £1500 for it if it was as described. It wasnt far off so offered a bit less, he said no, so said ok then £1500 it is to which he was like oh i dont know about that, FFS you cunt we agreed it over the phone, ive travelled hundreds of miles in winter to the arse end of nowhere and now your changing your mind? I managed to persuade him but fuck me i wasnt getting a train back.

[UltraWomble]

Three months ago I sold a secondhand rad on t'bay. Of course he only fitted it last week and it leaks. Looks like I'g going to get fucked over all round .

IIRC there is a 45 day limit to make a claim on eBay, if he bought it 90 days ago an you are not a business then tough titties to him.

[Vince70]

Well so far I've had a no show yesterday and various offers of £400 cash today emails and someone who wants to do a straight swap for some kind of Hyundai lol.

 

Also I keep getting a text from someone who desperately wants my car and needs it now so I phoned them up rather than text back but won't answer for some reason but then texts me back rather than talk lol

 

Someone wants to have a look at the car at 10 today so I will see how it goes but he isn't happy that it doesn't come with tax lol.

 

So I may admit defeat and just keep the car so I will still end up with two Audi's.

[Pillock]

 

 

Someone wants to have a look at the car at 10 today so I will see how it goes but he isn't happy that it doesn't come with tax lol.

 

 

Give him the tax disc if it makes him happy..?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

IIRC there is a 45 day limit to make a claim on eBay, if he bought it 90 days ago an you are not a business then tough titties to him.

 

 

Not any more - it's now 180 days meaning I have to give a 6 month warranty an any used parts. Fucking mental......

 

.........However, I just rang Ebay and they're telling me it's not covered by their money back guarantee so my buyer can FRO.

[Vince70]

I couldn't of been more wrong about the guy and ive now regained my faith in the human race and he genuinely didn't know about the new tax rules.

 

The guy came round and I gave him the keys and we went for drive around the block and he just gave me the cash without a quibble and then signed the logbook and receipt and we shook hands and he went on his way.

He mentioned it was a good buy and wasn't expecting it to be as good for the price

 

I couldn't of had a better transaction and I didn't even have to make a cup of tea

 

The deal was done in less than 10 minutes.

 

The only thing he wanted to know was could he get a set of golf clubs in the boot ok.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Have I woken up yet?

 

Vicenzo sold another Aldi 4 CASH

 

Ebay told me a buyer can't fuck me over.

[UltraWomble]

Also I keep getting a text from someone who desperately wants my car and needs it now so I phoned them up rather than text back but won't answer for some reason but then texts me back rather than talk lol

 

Dont always assume that they are uBer mongs. Im quite deaf and rely on lip reading so if I cant Skype you Im not going to phone you - that said, I will explain this in any email / text I send you. I'll also get my wife to phone if you do need to speak to me, though this can be a little time consuming as she needs to relay to me what you are saying. Its cost me a couple of cars sadly as Ive emailed dealers to enquire about a car only to be told " you need to phone" even whenI have explained that its a bit of a waste of time me phoning as they will end up shouting at me down the phone and i'll still end up saying "what? Cabbages?, What the fuck are you talking about?" I havent come across a mobile yet that I can use and my home phone is akin to something from the Ministry of Sound, even then tweaking the volume, treble and bass I still struggle.

 

However, most people like that are uber Mongs, so as you were.....

[Jim Bell]

Gr9 seller.

Would deff read more threads about car sales. ++AAAA

[Vince70]

Same here it would be great to have a cars sales thread going... As well as a pistonheads " company director" baiting thread lol

 

So how do you think I should reply back to the Hyundai swap shop or the I give you £400 m8 cash now emails ...

[UltraWomble]

Ask if they can include something to sweeten the Hyundai swap.

Say a weeknd for two in Margate, or an evening with the chaps missus, large pot of Tate and Lyles Golden Syrup and a horse whip.

[eddyramrod]

Ask if they can include something to sweeten the Hyundai swap.

Say a weeknd for two in Margate, or an evening with the chaps missus, large pot of Tate and Lyles Golden Syrup and a horse whip.

I don't think the word "or" belongs in that list, it needs replacing with an "and."

[Station]

Thanks for all the help and advice guys this site really is the best car Internet site.

What? Everyone was telling you to tell him and his bellend wife to fuck off?! Lol

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Well, Pistontwats Gizafag is back with the kind of logic you expect from some cunt who spends 27 grand on an X3!

[Vince70]

It's time to get back over onto Pistonheads lol